Table 2. Facial nerve function for all patients preoperatively, immediate postoperatively, and at last follow-up (mean duration, 30 days), as graded on the House–Brackmann scale.

	Preoperative (%)	Immediate postoperative (%)	Last follow-up (%)
I	108 (43%)	63 (30%)	52 (27%)
II	29 (12%)	23 (11%)	14 (7%)
III	36 (15%)	30 (14%)	24 (12%)
IV	25 (10%)	17 (8%)	12 (6%)
V	9 (4%)	17 (8%)	22 (11%)
VI	40 (16%)	60 (29%)	69 (36%)